PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Croatia's Šibensko-Kninska Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Šibensko-Kninska

Šibensko-Kninska faces significant air pollution challenges. 100% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 99 thousand across 19 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 11.7µg/m³. That's 2.3 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 194 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Šibensko-Kninska met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0.67 years longer.

That's 66K years of life stolen from 99 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Šibensko-Kninska. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Kijevo
0.8 years lost
2.Civljane
0.8 years lost
3.Knin
0.8 years lost
4.Biskupija
0.7 years lost
5.Murter
0.7 years lost
6.Ervenik
0.7 years lost
7.Promina
0.7 years lost
8.Šibenik
0.7 years lost
9.Tisno
0.7 years lost
10.Drniš
0.6 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

100%

99K

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 19 Districts in Šibensko-Kninska

Complete air quality data for every district in Šibensko-Kninska, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³	Years Lost
Šibenik	41K	11.7	0.7 years
Knin	12K	13.0	0.8 years
Vodice	12K	11.4	0.6 years
Drniš	7K	11.4	0.6 years
Skradin	4K	11.2	0.6 years
Bilice	3K	11.3	0.6 years
Kistanje	3K	11.1	0.6 years
Murter	3K	12.2	0.7 years
Primošten	2K	11.0	0.6 years
Tisno	2K	11.7	0.7 years
Rogoznica	2K	11.0	0.6 years
Biskupija	2K	12.6	0.7 years
Unešić	1K	10.1	0.5 years
Ružić	1K	11.1	0.6 years
Pirovac	1K	11.2	0.6 years
Promina	1K	11.9	0.7 years
Ervenik	861	11.9	0.7 years
Kijevo	313	13.2	0.8 years
Civljane	88	13.2	0.8 years

Showing 19 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Šibensko-Kninska is Injurious to Health.